Endless chain carrier for brick and tile machines



(No Model) I. A. SMITH.

ENDLESS CHAIN CARRIER FOR BRICK AND TILE MAGHINES.

N0. 289,039. Patented NOV. 27, 1883.

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FRANK A. SMITH, OF MAC-OMB, ILLINOIS.

ENDLESS CHAIN CARRIERFOR BRICK AND TILE MACHINES.

CPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 289,039, dated November 27, 1883.

Application filed June 9. 1883.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK A. SMITH, of Macomb, in the county of McDonough and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Endless Chain Carriers for Brick and Tile Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following description will en able others skilled in the art to make and use the same.

The nature and object of this invention is to construct an endless chain carrier'that can be attached to a brick or tile machine, or placed near by, so that the brick or tile, as theycome from the machine, can be transported to the drying-department, and from thence to the kiln, and from the kiln to the place of storage, or onto the cars; and its novelty consists in constructing an endless chain carrier in sections with a curved center, and slots and hooks formed at each end, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, a a a 11. represent sections of the carrier, which aie made of metal, and have slots ss 8 8 formed at each end, and the centers are curved downward, and they have hooks formed at each end, so they can be hooked together, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, forming an endless chain carrier..

0 represents a toothed drive-wheel, that is placed at each end of the carrier, and when motion is given to these Wheels the'teeth mesh into the slots 8 s s s and give movement to the (No model.)

carrier. Under the carrier are placed small iriction-wheels c e e, to keep it from sagging.

Operation: A suitable framework is arranged for the carrier to be placed in, and it is attached to or near the brick or tile ma chine, and power is applied to the wheel 0, and if for tile the curved section-carrier, as shown in Fig. 1, should be used. and if for brick a carrier composed of sections shown in Fig. 3 should'be used; and as the brick or tile come from the machine they are placed on the carrier, and as it moves along the brick or tile can be taken off at the convenient place in the drying department. The carrier can be arranged to run from the drying-department to the kiln, and from the kiln to the storage-room, or to the cars, or to any other place where the brick or tile are to be conveyed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An endless chain carrier composed of sec tions aaaa, curved in the center, having slots 8 s s sand hooks 2 z 1'- formed at each end, substantially as shown and described,

for the purpose set forth.

FRANK A. SMITH.

Vvitnesses:

T. J. PRICE, JOHN M. PRICE. 

